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No. 608,994. Patented Aug. 9, I898.

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DOVETAILING MACHINE.

(Applisation filed July 22, 1897.)

9 Sheets-Sheet I.

(No Model.)

m, 603,994. Patented Aug. 9; 139a.

- T. J. RYLAND.

DOVETAILING MACHINE.

(Application filed July 22,' 1897.)

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No. sou-394,

T. J. RYLAND. DDVETAILING MACHINE.

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T. .1. R'YLAND, DOVETAILING IACHINE.

(Application filed July 22, 1897.)

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DUVETAILING MACHINE. (Application filed July 252 7 al e 0 h S 8 L B E h S 9 (No Model.)

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No. 608,994. Patented Aug. 9, I898.

T. J. RYLAND.

DOVETAILING MACHINE.

(Application filed July 92 1897.)

.(No Modal.) 9,8hadh-Sheaf 9.

UNITED STATES 'rnoMAs .r. nvmnn, or Lennon, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR or one-HALF 'r'o PATENT OFFICE.

EARLE ill RD, OF ROBERTSBRIDGE, ENGLAND.

v DOVETA ILIN G vMAGHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,954,,datd August 9, 189a. Application-tiled July 22,189.75 's ra ia; i ,,5s5. on niodeiJ To all 10. 00121 it may concern.-

Be it known that-I THOMAS J inns RYLA-N'D, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, re-

siding at 'Brixton, "London, in the county of to cut the dovetails in both of Sit-trey, England, have invented eertain new and useful Imp rovement's in Dovetailing-Machines of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. The invention has for its object improvements in dovetailing machinery, ivith a view cut the bottom of'the notches at right angles to the board, so as to cause the dovetailed edges to'fit more squarely together.

My invention further relates to a special fforin of power-transmitting mechanism for maintaining rotation of the cutter as it is shifted. l

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical section, Fig.

flig. 3 a vertical sectlonof parts drawn to a larger scale than Figs. l and 2, and Figs. l,

5;"5, and fi details drawn to a still larger "scale, of; a dovetailing-inachine constructed according to my invention. Fig.6 is a front :view, Fig. 7 plan, and Fig. 8a cross-section; of amodified form of dovetailing-machine. Eigf. QisawroBs-Section of parts draw-n to a larger scale 'thamFigs; 6, .Z, and 8; 'and Figs 1O, 11, and 12 areqespeetively two elevations drawn at right anglesto each other and. an end view of the rotary dovetailing-tool.

In all the figures like parts are indicatedby similar letters of reference."

I will first describe the machine shown atl igs. 1 to 5. According to my invention i employ a rotating spindle a, slightly inclined fromthe vertical, to ny the dovetailing-tool a, and I mount this sfihi'dleo in bearings b,

plat-m carried by the front rail ll of a movable frame '1) 11 1) la, capable of movement in any direction in a horizontal plane inthe following manner: This frame has fitted thereto grooved rollers I), supported ona bar a, with capability of moving to and fro thereon in a line parallel with the front ofth'e machine, and this bar 0 is fitted with grooved rollers if, supported on bare d, with capahi-lityof' moving to and fro thereon in a line atirightangles ivith the .bar 0. I-eonnect the front rail 1) of this movable frame by a bracket 11* to a pin 0, fixed to andstan'ding u'p'froin a slide 6, carried by and capable of movement in a direction from front to back of the machine on another slide fat right angles;thereto,"vvhich latter slide is capable of movement in 'a' direction parallel withthe frontof the machine on a bed g, fixed to'the top or table h' of the machine:

fraine .h. f is an adj ustahle stop to limit the backward motion of the slide 8, and consequently of the cutter-framefl By this means the frontb" of the movable frame Z1 Z1 i1 1)":

iseapahlc of regulz'ttion in height on the pin 6' to regulate the depth to which the dovetailing-tool a si'iall'cut." The front rail b. of this movable frame is capable of a swiv eling motion on thescrews b to enable it to ,ret-ain :its required, position, not-Withstand" ing that the other parts of-the frame may. at times be somewhat'inclined. This-said bar I) iswhen adjusted fixed rigidly to theother parts of the movable frame hylockingbolts I)". The cutter-spindle ahasfixcd there-f one, pulley a around which a band orcord 'b is passed, and when the machine isjdovetailing short lengths of material suehhandor I cord i pass-es directly" backward and over guide-pulleys 1: mounted on the bar I) of the movable frame, thence over guide-pulleys j, carried by a shaft mounted in guides j and pulled downward by springs j to keep a constant tension on the band or cord *5, and

from such guide-pulleys j the ,band or cord i is passed around the drum is or around a traveling wheel, to which rotary motion is given by a strap passing around a pulley It on the axis thereof.

From Fig. 5 it-will be seen that the shaft) is I ter Ct and thence over guide-pulleys b whence pulleys j, and that the springs j, which at their upper ends embrace these shafts, are atrangenihnts may,

.;to shift the cuttera' to the inched at their other ends to the-guidesj", so

as to tend to pull down the shaft j, the latter sliding in said guides j. By this means the bandsi" are kept in tension. When, however, long lengths of material are being dovetailed, I pass the band or cord z sidewise from the pulley n on the spindle of the rotating cutitpasses over guide-puHeysb j' to and around the drum k. This latter-arrangement of the driving band or cord leaves the machine-bed tree behind the cutter to accommodate. any

length of material required to be dovetailed.

. The top or table h has fixed thereto a dividing-plate Z, with rows of holes formed there: in in directions lengthwise thereof and a spring-finger m, carried by the slide f, is capable of being placed in succession or in other desired order in said holes of either row positions required for the dovetails, to facilitate which the dividing-platcl is capable of adjustment by means of .the slots l and binding-screws l to bring either row of holes into line with the springfinger m. also provided with horizontal clamping mechanism 'lb and vertical clamping mechanism 0, so that when required apiece of material A, lying fiat on the machine-bed, may be clamped to another piece B, placed in a vertical position, to enable the dovetails inboth pieces to be simultaneously cut, asrepresented at Fig. 3, While the said clamping ar;

used. 1) is an adj ustable fence against which the material is placed. q is a roller to support the movable frame Z) b b b on one side to prevent twisting thercof in use. Thus when material is clamped in position and the dovetail-cutter set in 'motion the frame [1 b b I) is pushed back until the slide e comes against the stop f, which will limit the distance to which the cutter will act on the material. The cutter-frame is then pulled forward, the spring-finger m lifted out of the hole in the dividing-plate I, theslide e and cutter-fran'le are moved sidewise to the next hole in the dividing-plate l, and the springfinger m dropped therein, when the cutterframe is again pushed backward and a fresh notchcut in the matcrial', a1 1d soon. In Fig. 3 the cutter is represented as; cutting a"lap" -deve-taiL The object otadjusting-the tool tothe in clin'cd position, as 'herei'nbefore explained, is to enable the advancing edge of theitool to cut the bottom of the slots in boardsdol" ex,- ample, the board A-in Fig. 3'--at right angles to the-face of the beard','and thusfacilitate aceuratc1 -fitting together. of the boards and improving-the appearance. of the work.

I will now describe t] e machine represented 13* is fixed to the front barh The top or table of the machine is' if required, be separately- ..gthe latter m odilication.

at Figs. 6' to 9. The cutter (1- (shown at Figs. 10, 11, and 12) is precisely similar to that used in the machine shown at Figs. 1 to 5; but in the modification shown at Figs. 6 to 9 the said out ter isreversed in position and two are shown in use, both being driven'by the same band t. The bar h carrying the cutters, is a fixture 0n the slide e*, and the latter is moved back ward and forward by a hand-wheel c and screw e instead of being merely pushed". The slide is moved along the bed g by means a pinion f on an axis carried by a bracket f fixed to the slide f Such pinion gears witha rack g, fixed to the bed g, and is rotated by hand-wheel f The clamping,meehanismsat and care carried, respectively, by bag-sat 0", attached to brackets 72?, fixed to themachlncframe; The stop f-* iscarrie'd bythe sl de e* and acts againstthe front of the slide 1". The

dividing-plate 2* has notches formedon its- -front edge and is fixed to the bed g. Ahinged finger m*, mounted in a bracket-attachedio the slide fF, actsin connection with such'dividing-plateto determine "the distance ,of

travel of the cuttersa. Ail-adjustable fence To vary the distance of travel of the dovetailing cutters, I employ dividing;plates Z,'differently divided, and substitute one for the other, as may be required. If a long notch is required between the dovetailing-pins, the spaces in the dividiing-plate are elongated to correspond.

The action of the two inachines'is identical, and the material to be dovetailed is held in like manner, with the exception that the piece of vertical material extends above the table Jr and the cuttersare reversed in positien'in JIhe cuttersof both machines aremounted and rotated alike, and they are carried in both casesby a bar which is capable of being moved by means of crossslides-in directions from front to back and 'sidewise of the machine.

It will be evident that more th'an'two'cutters-inay beemployed and that more than a single piece of material'may be worked at the same time in this latter machine. Having fully described-myinvention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters-Bat"- ent isbina tionwith means for clamping. boards in two directions at right angles to one anu! her,

, i I i 5' 1. In a initer-dovetailing machine, the com of an outwardly-flaring cutting-tool, means for supporting said tool and moving it longitudinal-lyof the work comprising adjusting devices whereby the tool may be angularly adjusted tobring one of its edges in parellel ism with the edge of one of the boards, and means for rotating the*cutting-t ool, substantiallyas and'for the purpose set-forth. ,2. In a dovetailing-machine, the combinhtion of a rotary cutter of shape to form a love tail notch, a spindle for said cutter, a movable bar on which said spindle is mounted at an angle to the work, it pulley on the cutter- I inward travel of the cutter, substantially as spindle; a band passing round such 'ililley, herein set forth. 1-0 guidevpulleys and tension-pulleys over which 7 In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1 such band passes, a drum for driving such in presence of two witnesses.

- band, cross-slides earryingihe eutter-eztrry- T. J. RYLANI).

ing bar, a dividing-plate and a finger acting \Vitnesses: therewith to regulate the distance of travel I 13. J. 13. MILLS, sidewise of thee itireg and a stop to limit the CLAUDE K. MILLS. I 

